Who broke Peggy Whitson's record as the oldest woman in space?
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Wally Funk
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Answer
Wally Funk broke Peggy Whitson's record as the oldest woman in space. She was 82 years old when she blasted off into space on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on December 11, 2021. Whitson was 57 years old when she set the previous record in 2017. Funk is a former NASA astronaut candidate who never made it to space during the 1960s.
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